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Meditationi sopra la Passione
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Printer: Lorenzo de' Morgiani (Italian, active 1490–1500)
Printer: Johannes Petri
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Printer: Lorenzo de' Morgiani (Italian, active 1490–1500)
Printer: Johannes Petri
about 1495
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 12 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 19.3 x 14 x 1.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Florence: Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, about 1495]
Catalogue Raisonné
GW 4780; Sander 1184; Kristeller 69b
Description([Florence: Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, about 1495]) Quarto; 42 leaves [two leaves lacking]; gilt-stamped red calf binding, red cloth slipcase.
Illustrations of ten scenes from Christ's Passion. Several blocks have been reused from another Florentine edition printed by Mischomini in about 1493. Ten woodcuts illustrating Passion of Christ; two (Resurrection and the Crowning with Thorns) are repeated. The Crucifixion cut also appears in the MFA's copy of the Monte delle Oratione (accession number 39.589).
Illustrations of ten scenes from Christ's Passion. Several blocks have been reused from another Florentine edition printed by Mischomini in about 1493. Ten woodcuts illustrating Passion of Christ; two (Resurrection and the Crowning with Thorns) are repeated. The Crucifixion cut also appears in the MFA's copy of the Monte delle Oratione (accession number 39.589).
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1964, bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1964).